8. And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.”
9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10. “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11. then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.
12. The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
13. And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge.
14. You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
15. These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills any person without intent may flee there.
16. “But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.
17. And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.
18. Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.
19. The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
20. And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,